RE: Can't install DVD-rom, system won't boot? Help???
- From: grams <grams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 07:36:02 -0700
P.S. I forgot to mention I just upgraded my ram memory from 512 mb to 2GB (my
mother board allows up to 3GB ram). Seriously doubt if this might have
something to do with my problem but thought I ought to mention it..
"grams" wrote:
Below I will give my computer specs..
I have 2 hard drives, so the Primary IDE slots hold my 2 hard drives; one a
Master and the second one is the slave to the master.
On the Seconday IDE slots, I also have 2 cd-roms, one is the master and the
other is the slave to the master. The master is my cd/read/write cd-rom. I
want to leave it and change the slave cd-rom to a DVD-rom (not a dvd r/w
rom)...
I bought bestbuys dvd-rom, took out the 'slave' cd-rom and put the dvd-rom
in with the pin set for the slave. I booted my computer and it won't boot
pass the first booting page. It won't boot into windows.. What could be
wrong?????????
I took the new dvd-rom back out and left it out and tried booting and it
wouldn' t boot with nothing in the secondary cd-rom .. wierd to say the
least.. Like I said the secondary IDE slot is the Master of r/w cd-rom and I
never removed it or touched it, it is still there..
I then put my old cd-rom back in the secondary (slave) and waited a few
mintues and booted up my computer.. It booted with no problem.. I repeated
this whole sequence several times with the same results.. I for the life of
can't figure it out... My computer should boot with or without the second
cd-rom, shouldn't it????? Adding a cd-rom or a dvd-rom should not keep my
computer from booting up should it?????
In my cmos, I have it set to boot-up with the hard drive as my first
boot-up, the second is the cd-rom.. but I don't see how removing or replacing
the 'slave' cd-rom would prevent it from booting into windows..
Can someone please tell me what is causing this.. I need a dvd-rom drive.
not paticularly the brand of the dvd-rom I just bought (which I have already
took back anyway) but I do need to get a dvd-rom asap in my computer so I am
hoping someone might know a solution to this problem..
Here are my computer specs.. I hope I have covered everything...
SYSTEM INFORMATION:
Mother Board: K7N2 Delta series MS-6570 (v1.X) ATX Mainboard
AMD Athlon™ XP 2500+ 1.84 GHz, 2.00 GB Ram
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer NVIDIA
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 Authentic AMD ~1837 MHz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 11/7/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video card 256MB
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.59 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.95 GB
Page File Space 2.60 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Power Supply 400 Antex (ATX12V)
Primary IDE
Master 40 GB Hard Drive
Slave 160 GB Hard Drive
Secondary IDE
Master CD-R/W Rom: TDK 52x EIDE
Slave to Master CD-R/W Rom: MTRP 50x EIDE
This is all it gave on the storage/ide under my system info;
Storage/IDE:
Name Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Manufacturer (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0065&SUBSYS_57001462&REV_A2\3&13C0B0C5&0&48
I/O Port 0x0000F000-0x0000F00F
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\pciide.sys (5.1.2600.0
(XPClient.010817-1148), 3.25 KB (3,328 bytes), 8/29/2002 7:00 AM)
Name Primary IDE Channel
Manufacturer (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&26D47942&0&0
I/O Port 0x000001F0-0x000001F7
I/O Port 0x000003F6-0x000003F6
IRQ Channel IRQ 14
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes), 8/29/2002 7:00 AM)
Name Secondary IDE Channel
Manufacturer (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&26D47942&0&1
I/O Port 0x00000170-0x00000177
I/O Port 0x00000376-0x00000376
IRQ Channel IRQ 15
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes), 8/29/2002 7:00 AM)
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